Week 1
Week 1: Jan. 1 鈥� 7 (Archive)
January 1
- Born in 1852, Eug猫ne A. Demarcay discovered europium (Eu, 63) in 1901; gave spectroscopic proof of discovery of radium (Ra, 88).
- Merck & Co. founded (1891).
- Rhodia established from merger of Rh脭ne-Poulenc's divisions of chemicals, fibers and polymers; originally Societ脡 Chimique des Usines du Rh脭ne founded in 1895.
- Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) renamed 11/12/1906, effective 1/1/1907; founded as The Pittsburgh Reduction Company on 9/18/1888.
- In 1932, Harold C. Urey et al. announced existence of deuterium (D, 1), heavy isotope of hydrogen (H, 1).
January 2
- Born in 1765, Charles Hatchett discovered niobium (Nb, 41), formerly columbium (1801).
- Born in 1822, Rudolf Clausius established foundations for modern thermodynamics.
- Born in 1889, Roger Adams was a researcher in organic chemical synthesis.
- Born in 1920, Isaac Asimov was a biochemist and science fiction author.
- US Atomic Energy Commission took over from wartime Manhattan Engineer District (1947).
January 3
- Born in 1916 (Liverpool, England), Keith J. Laidler was a pioneer in chemical kinetics.
January 4
- Benjamin Rush began series of lectures on chemistry for the people of Philadelphia (1775).
- Henry H. Dow prepared bromine from brine (1891).
- Born in 1905, Aristid V. Grosse isolated protactinium (Pa, 91) in 1927; researcher on uranium-235 fission by slow neutrons with A. Nier, E. J. Booth, and J. R. Dunning (1940).
January 5
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January 6
- Born in 1872, John V. N. Dorr was an inventor and chemical engineer.
January 7
- Born in 1794, Eilhardt Mitscherlich was a researcher on crystalline structure, catalysis, and benzene and its derivatives; discovered isomorphism.
- Born in 1833, Henry E. Roscoe was a researcher on the chemical action of light; invented the actinometer (1856) with R. Bunsen; first to isolate vanadium (V, 23) in 1869.
- Born in 1941, John E. Walker studied amino acid sequences in protein units of ATP synthetase; (1997) with Paul D. Boyer "for their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)" and Jens C. Skou "for the first discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+ -ATPase."
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